Argentina 2027 17–27 Oct

Eleven days · Saturday to Wednesday

Day by day

Everything that is arranged, in order. Transfers are private throughout; where a tour includes an English-speaking guide it is noted, and where it is driver-only it says so.

Golfo Nuevo, Puerto Madryn · Alejandro Martín Lodes, CC BY-SA 4.0

Day 0117 OctSun
Arrive Buenos Aires
  • Landing in Argentina
  • Private transfer from Ministro Pistarini International Airport (EZE) to the hotel, with an English-speaking guide

Ezeiza is about an hour from Palermo. Check-in at Pleno Palermo Soho is from 15:00. Most flights from North America land early morning, so expect the first day to be a gentle one.

Day 0218 OctMon
Buenos Aires
  • The northern city
  • Half-day private city tour of the northern area, with an English-speaking guide — Recoleta and the Recoleta Cemetery
Private guideHalf day
An ornate mausoleum in Recoleta Cemetery The converted theatre interior of El Ateneo Grand Splendid bookshop

Afternoon free. More on the city →

Day 0319 OctTue
Buenos Aires
  • The southern city, then tango
  • Half-day private city tour of the southern area, with an English-speaking guide — San Telmo and La Boca
  • Tango show and dinner in the evening — shared show, private transfers both ways
Private guideDinner included
The painted houses of Caminito in La Boca A couple dancing tango
Day 0420 OctWed
Buenos Aires
  • A day at leisure
  • Nothing scheduled — no guide, no pickup, no plan
Free day

Kept deliberately open. If the group would rather go out of town, the operator can quote a day on the pampas at El Ombú in San Antonio de Areco — a working estancia about 1h45 away. Not part of the booked programme.

Day 0521 OctThu
Buenos Aires → Puerto Madryn
  • South to Patagonia
  • Private transfer from the hotel to Jorge Newbery International Airport (AEP), driver only
  • Domestic flight south to Trelew
  • Private transfer from Trelew Airport to the Puerto Madryn hotel, driver only
Transfer day

The flight is not yet booked — October 2027 domestic schedules are released around November 2026, and the operator quotes them then.

Day 0622 OctFri
Puerto Madryn
  • Full-day Punta Ninfas adventure
  • Private service with an English-speaking naturalist guide, roughly nine hours and 200 km
  • Estancia El Pedral by its internal roads — Punta León and the Puesto de Ponce
  • Magellanic penguins, cormorants, sea lions, elephant seals; guanacos, rheas and hares on the drive
  • Lamb-based lunch at the estancia quincho
Private naturalistLunch includedModerate walking
A Magellanic penguin colony A southern elephant seal on the shore The lighthouse at Punta Ninfas

Drinks and entrance fees are not included. Weather-dependent — Patagonian wind can cancel it. More on the coast →

Day 0723 OctSat
Puerto Madryn
  • Half-day Punta Loma lobería
  • Private service, driver only, roughly two hours and 40 km
  • Tehuelche monument at Punta Cuevas, the Punta Este lighthouse viewpoint, and the Punta Loma fauna reserve
  • Sea lions and rock cormorants on the cliffs and beach below the viewing platform
Driver onlyHalf day
South American sea lions on coastal rocks The beach and seafront at Puerto Madryn

Punta Loma reserve entrance fee not included. Afternoon and evening free in Puerto Madryn.

Day 0824 OctSun
Puerto Madryn → Puerto Iguazú
  • North to the jungle
  • Private transfer from the hotel to Trelew Airport, driver only
  • Domestic flights north to Puerto Iguazú
  • Private transfer from Puerto Iguazú Airport to the lodge, with an English-speaking guide
Transfer day

The longest travel day of the trip — roughly 2,400 km from the Patagonian coast to the Brazilian border, and a climate change of about twenty degrees.

Day 0925 OctMon
Puerto Iguazú
  • Full day at Iguazú Falls, Argentine side
  • Private service with an English-speaking guide, roughly seven hours
  • Upper Circuit, Lower Circuit, and the ecological train out to the Devil's Throat
Private guideTrain includedBoat-free
Rainbows over Iguazú Falls A walkway among the falls at Iguazú A coati in Iguazú National Park

Bring passports — required for park entry. Park entrance fee and meals not included. The Lower Circuit involves a lot of stairs. More on the falls →

Day 1026 OctTue
Puerto Iguazú → Buenos Aires
  • Back to the capital
  • Private transfer from the lodge to Puerto Iguazú Airport, with an English-speaking guide
  • Domestic flight south to Buenos Aires
  • Private transfer from Jorge Newbery International Airport (AEP) to the Buenos Aires hotel, driver only
Transfer day

A last night back at Pleno Palermo Soho, and a last evening in the city.

Day 1127 OctWed
Depart Buenos Aires
  • Home
  • Private transfer from the hotel to Ministro Pistarini International Airport (EZE), driver only — approximately one hour, 31 km

Hotel check-out is 12:00. Transfer timing is set against the international departure once flights are booked.

The fine print

What the arrangements cover

Included

  • Five nights in Buenos Aires, three in Puerto Madryn, two in Puerto Iguazú
  • All the transfers listed above, private throughout
  • All the tours described above
  • Meals where noted — hotel breakfasts, lunch at El Pedral, the tango dinner
  • Bilingual English/Spanish guides where noted
  • The ecological train inside Iguazú National Park

Not included

  • International flights, and the domestic flights within Argentina — quoted separately
  • National park and reserve entrance fees, including Iguazú and Punta Loma
  • Travel and medical insurance — mandatory for this trip
  • Drinks with included meals
  • Tips
  • Anything not described in the itinerary